Barrington Smith

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2013 Year End Letter

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Each December I am caught up by the kind of energy that prevails as academic  semesters end: the euphoric sense that final exams will soon be taken then suddenly I will be floating on an expanse of free time called “winter break.” My plans for this winter break included finishing a script, installing and learning … Read more

2014 Movies Part I…

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or, Get Out While You Can… I’ve noticed, and am gratified, that a few of my readers (hi Mom!) have this blog sent to their in-boxes.  That can be really good for following a blogger who is sporadic and not too prolific in her output, which generally does describe me.  But I feel I should … Read more

When Most of Your Life is Really a Festival

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Know where I am not this weekend? At Sundance. Whenever I open WordPress to write a post like this one,  I am immediately confronted by a conveyer belt of newsfeeds, many of which are from “trades,” like Variety and The Hollywood reporter. I’m drawn to the reviews and descriptions of the movies that are opening … Read more

Favorite Project of 2013

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This little multi-media art/song was my favorite piece from this year.  The lyrics pay homage to a story I remember my dad telling me when I was a kid, My brother Greg wrote and performed the music.  I made the shoe-box coffin when I was visiting Indiana over the summer and staged the picture in the back yard of my childhood home.  When I think of this, I think of my dad, of working with my brother, of painting and gluing at the kitchen table talking to my mom, digging in the dirt, and remembering that words are fun.

And I loved the way it turned out.

The Funeral of Turtle Ted

Ted Pic2

New Sight

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My last notable accomplishment of 2014 was to make it to the optometrist before my annual vision benefit on my insurance ran out.  I have a pair of glasses I wear occasionally, but I thought, since I didn’t need new frames, I should get some contact lenses. I was surprised to find out that I … Read more

Turtle Rejected, Spider Accepted

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Yesterday I received a nice rejection for the picture/audio combo version of Turtle Ted.  The journal wrote,  “Your piece was a source of constant debate for us, and there was something about it that we found very charming. Unfortunately, we couldn’t make it fit within the overall aesthetic of the journal.” For non-writers, “nice rejection” … Read more

MPW Farewell

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As a rule, I often downplay naming people and things in my blog posts, thus the program where I take writing classes I tend to refer to, generically, as “the program where I take classes.” Today, however, I want to name it: It’s a graduate program at USC called the Master of Professional Writing.  I’ve … Read more